a9s Elasticsearch for PCF

This documentation describes the a9s Elasticsearch for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
tile. a9s Elasticsearch for PCF enables on-demand provisioning of VM-based, dedicated
Elasticsearch servers and clusters. Developers can create instances of a
Elasticsearch server or cluster using Apps Manager or the Cloud Foundry Command
Line interface (cf CLI) and bind these instances to an application. Depending on
your service plan, a service instance may be associated with a single, dedicated
VM or a set of VMs consisting of multiple VMs containing a Elasticsearch replica
set cluster.

Overview

When you run the cf CLI create-service a9s-elasticsearch command, PCF creates
dedicated VMs for this service instance. This allows the best possible bad
neighborhood protection.

Elasticsearch service instance provisioning, including VM orchestration, is entirely
automated. This enables service instances to be highly isolated and shielded by
infrastructure virtualization mechanisms.

Due to the on-demand provisioning on VMs, only existing service instances allocate
infrastructure resources. These resources are released when service instances
are destroyed. Using on-demand provisioning the number of service instances is
not limited by design.

Distributed across multiple infrastructure availability zones, clustered data
service plans enable short failover times and are resilient against failures of
individual infrastructure hosts or entire availability zones.

Current Features

The current version of a9s Elasticsearch for PCF includes the following key features:

Feature

Benefit

On­-Demand Service Instance Provisioning

a9s Elasticsearch for PCF deploys Elasticsearch instances automatically. Developers can provision a single VM Elasticsearch server or a multi VM Elasticsearch Replica Set using a single command.

Service Instance Isolation

Each Elasticsearch server runs on a dedicated VM to ensure bad neighborhood protection in order to be aligned with enterprise security requirements.

Each Elasticsearch service instance provides log messages and Elasticsearch-specific metrics to one or more syslog/graphite endpoints. You can configure the syslog/graphite endpoint to receive logging and monitoring information.

Deployment Updater

This errand automatically updates the stemcell and all provisioned a9s Elasticsearch for PCF service instances to their lastest version.

Backup Manager

The Backup Manager does regular backup of your instances and offers endpoints to backup instantly and restore backups.

Service Guard

The Service Guard creates Cloud Foundry security groups for your service instance VMs.

When the IP address of a service instance changes, the guard updates the security group.

Service Dashboard

The Service Dashboard provides single sign on and lets the user easily trigger backups.

New Elasticsearch Versions

Added a9s Elasticsearch v5 and v6

Default Syslog Endpoints for Instances

In the tile, a default endpoint for syslog and Graphite can be configured for each service instance created by the user.

a9s MySQL no supports instance sharing between orgs an spaces, see documentation.

Update to Xenial

Upgrades the stemcell to Ubuntu Xenial

Video Overview of a9s Elasticsearch for PCF

The following video provides an overview of how a9s Elasticsearch for PCF works.

Product Snapshot

The following table provides version and version-support information about a9s Elasticsearch for PCF:

Element

Details

Version

v2.1.1

Release date

March 19, 2019

Compatible Ops Manager version(s)

v2.1.x, v2.2.x, v2.3.x, and v2.4.x

Compatible Pivotal Application Service version(s):

v2.1.x, v2.2.x, v2.3.x, and v2.4.x

BOSH stemcell version

Ubuntu Xenial

IaaS support

AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and vSphere

WARNING:
a9s Elasticsearch for PCF v2.0.2
and earlier require a Ubuntu Trusty stemcell.
The end-of-life date for Ubuntu Trusty is April 2019.
If a security vulnerability is found on this stemcell after April, it will not be fixed.

Note: Upgrades from a9s
Elasticsearch for PCF v1.x are not supported. If you previously installed a9s
Elasticsearch for PCF v1.x, uninstall it and install the latest version.

Requirements

To install and use a9s Elasticsearch for PCF, you must install the following
products and tiles:

Pivotal Application Service (formerly Elastic Runtime) v2.1.x or later

Feedback and Support

a9s Elasticsearch for PCF is an automation toolset for Open Source Elasticsearch.
The entire anynines team can help your team get started and be successful.
Technical support, including a service level agreement, is available with a commercial
license.

If your company has specific Elasticsearch administration policies or configuration
best practices, the anynines team is happy to incorporate them, if applicable.
Third-party Elasticsearch support organizations are also welcome to assist.

The anynines team welcomes all contributions. Send any bugs, feature requests,
or questions to dssupport@anynines.com.

License

Contact our sales team to learn more about
commercial licenses and support.